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National Assembly steps down Buhari’s $496m arms fund

by KEHINDE AKINTOLA, Abuja

May 4, 2018 | 11:32 am

Indications emerged at the end of Thursday plenary session that President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to include the sum of $496 million into the 2018 budget had been dropped by the National Assembly. Last week, the House of Representatives resolved to step down the consideration of President Buhari’s letter following agitation over the procedure adopted in…